The Destruction of Jerusalem

¹⁵ But Yahweh, the God of their ancestors sent word against them by the hand of His messengers, sending them time and time again,^(A) for He had compassion on His people and on His dwelling place. ¹⁶ But they kept ridiculing God’s messengers,^(B) despising His words,^(C) and scoffing at His prophets, until the Lord’s wrath was so stirred up against His people that there was no remedy.^(D)

¹⁷ Because people will hand you over to sanhedrins^[a] and flog you in their synagogues,^(A) beware of them.

¹⁹ “But I said, ‘Lord, they know that in synagogue after synagogue I had those who believed in You imprisoned and beaten.^(A)